may alwaies not only striue against sin but also ouercome the same daily more and more as thy children do aboue all things desiring the sanctification of thy name the comming of thy kingdome the doing of thy will here on earth as it is in heauen c. through Iesus Christ our redeemer mediator and aduocate Amen I. B. A praier against our spirituall enemies the diuell the world and the flesh O Lord God the diuell goeth about like a roaring Lion seeking whom hee may deuoure the flesh lusteth against the spirit the world perswadeth vnto vanities that we may forget thee our Lord God so for euer be damned Thus are we miserable on euery side beset and besieged of cruell vnrestfull enemies and like euery moment to perish if we be not defended with thy godly power against their tyranny Wee therefore poore and wretched sinners despairing of our owne strength which indeed is none most hartily pray thee to endue vs with strength from aboue that we may bee able through thy help with strong faith to resist Satan with feruent praier to mortifie the lusts of the flesh with continuall meditation of thy holy lawes to auoid the foolish vanities and transitory pleasures of this wicked world that through thy grace wee being set at liberty from the power of these our mortall enemies may serue thee here in true holinesse and righteousnesse after be partakers of the euerlasting ioies prepared for thy children which as they are great and vnspeakable so are there few that doe enioy them For strait is the way and narrow is the gate that leadeth therunto and few therbe that find it Notwithstanding O GOD thou hast a little flocke te whom it is thy pleasure to giue that ioyfull kingdome whose names are written in the book of life Make vs therefore of that number for Iesus Christs sake and place vs amongst those thy sheep which shall stand on thy right hand to receiue that blessed inheritance and dwell with thee for euermore A praier for present helpe in temptation DEare father to whom it is more easie to doe all things then for mee to thinke any one good thing Loe doe thou but speake a word and thy deadly sicke seruant my soule shall be made whole Helpe O Lord for thy great mercy sake for thy truths sake and for thy deare son Iesus Christs sake and let thy strength suffice against my weakenesse and thy ho y spirit against my sinfull flesh and old man Thou art faithfull O Father who hast promised that I shall not be tempted further then thou wilt make me able to beaâ—e Giue now therefore thy grace and strength vnto thy seruant that I may with a strong faith in thy vnfallible truth and promised mercy vanquish and subdue whatsoeuer rebelleth against thy most blessed will preserue and keepe holy my soule and body and let them not be defiled and made a dungeon of diuels and wicked spirits through delectation in sinne Behold deare Father the postes thereof are sprinkled with the precious bloud of thy deare son and of thy great mercy they are made the temple and tabernacle of thy holy spirit Shall now alas the diuell the world or the flesh plucke from thee that thing which presently crieth to thee with assured trust in thy promised helpe Nay further but grant that I may by thy mighty power turne all their crafts deceits and raging assaults vnto the increase of thy fatherly assistance in this my present teÌ„ptation and may with assured hope and trust in thy ready helpe and comfort ouercome my said enemies hereafter in like assaults praise thy holy name for the victory through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen My sonne if thou wilt come into the seruice of the Lord stand fast in righteousnesse and feare and prepare thy soule to tentation Eccles 2. Remedies against sinfull motions and tentations First remember that sinne is so hainous a thing that God by his iustice might worthily damne thee for the same is therfore to be abhorred as a sweet poison a flattering death and destruction of the soule which would cut thee off from God thy Sauior and make thee a bondslaue to Satan thy deadly enemy Auoid therefore euen at the fiâ—st the occasions thereof and be time squash out the braines of the children of Babilon against the hard stones whiles yet they be yong and weake lest when they be growne elder and stronger they dash thee to pieces And for a remedy against the same flie vnto God who commandeth thee to call vpon him in thy trouble and promiseth to deiluer thee and wil not suffer thee to be further tempted then he will make a way out whereby thou shalt escape and doubt not but hee that causeth thee to hate the sin which thy nature is to loue will deliuer thee also from the dangers thereof and make thee to triumph ouer Satan to his confusion to Gods glory and thy great comfort which are causes that our tender louing Father sendeth tentations vnto vs and hee that is not tempted what is he Now after thou hast obtained the victory remember two things first to giue most hearty thankes to God for his grace and assistance whereby thou hast ouercome and be not vnthankfull in any wise and then that he who continually goeth about like a roaring lion seeking whom he may deuour will not be long or farre away from thee but will attempt againe the same or as euill waies to ouercome thee Watch therefore and pray A praier for the auoiding of Gods heauy wrath and vengeance for our sins OH Lord God strong and mighty great and fearful which dwellest in the heauens workest great wonders we thy miserable children here vpon earth do most humbly beseech thee to be mercifull vnto vs to pardon our offences and to forgiue vs all our sinnes O Lord enter not into iudgement with thy seruants for if thou doe there shall no flesh bee saued in thy sight We confesse and acknowledge O Lord that it is our sinnes which haue mooued thee to wrath and to shew such fearefull tokens of thy displeasure towards vs in these our daies first with fire from heauen betokening the hot burning indignation and wrathfull displeasure for sinne which aboundeth at this day then with such horrible and monstrous shapes against natur as were neuer seen here in our daies nor in any time before vs which do betoken to vs none other thing but thy plagues to come vpon vs for our degenerate and monstrous life conuersation And now desides all this by great mortality plagues and pestilence thou hast terribly threatned vs fatherly warned vs and mercifully called vs to repentance The axe is set to the root of the tree and if we bee not as rotten members without all sense and feeling wee may perceiue our fearefull destruction and desolation to bee at hand vnlesse wee speedily repent and turne vnto thee because wee haue been so long taught out of
the diuel rage the powers of the world daily rise vp the flesh with all her bond slaues coÌ„spire against the kingdom of thine onely begotten son Iesus Christ our Lord yet make vs to vnderstand and with constant faith bee perswaded that thou deridest and contemnest all such whom thou canst in thine anger fierce displeasure when thou wilt suddenly destroy bring to nought In this faith seeing wee are sometimes so weak that being ouercome with sundry kindes of terrors and dread we are not so obedient to thy commandements as we ought to be wee therefore beseech thee for thy great goodnes sake to be mercifull vnto vs and grant that we may coÌ„stantly beleeue thy sonne our King and our redeemer to haue the highest power and dominion with thee in all things For seeing thou hast begotten him thou hast also deliuered to him all natioÌ„s to be ruled by his power as his owne inheritance grant therefore vnto vs that yet at length wee may be wise and vnderstand in such sort as we may serue thee with al due feare and worship that in the last day wee be not dashed in peeces as earthen vessels with the rodde of thine indignation through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier which M. Iohn Bradford said alittle before his death in Smithfield MErcifull God and Father to whom our Sauiour Christ approched in his feare need by reson of death sound comfort gracious God and most bounteous Christ on whom StepheÌ„ called in his extreame need and receiued strength most benigne holy spirit which in the midst of all crosses and death didst comfort the Apostle S. Paul with more consolations in Christ than hee felt sorrows and terrors in the world haue mercy vpon mee a most miserable vile and wretched sinner which now draw neer the gates of death deserued both in soule and body eternally by reason of my manifold horrible old and new transgressions which to thine eyes O Lord GOD are open and knowne Oh be mercifull vnto mee and forgiue mee for the bitter death and bloudshedding of thine onely Sonne Iesus Christ And though thy iustice do require in respect of my sinnes that now thou shouldest not heare mee contemning thy daily callings yet let thy mercy which is aboue all thy works and wherwith the earth is filled let thy mercy I say preuaile towards me through the merits and mediation of Christ our Sauiour for whose sake it pleaseth thee to bring me forth now as one of his witnesses and a record bearer of thy verity and truth taught by him to giue my life therefore of which dignity I doe acknowledge deare God that there was neuer any so vnworthy and vnmeete no not the thiefe that hanged with him on the crosse I humbly therefore pray thee that thou wouldest accordingly aid helpe and assisâ— mee with thy strength and heaueÌ„ly grace that with Christ thy Sonne I may finde comfort with Stephen I may see thy presence and gracious power with Paul and all other which for thy name sake haue suffered affliction and death I may find so present with me thy gracious consolation that I may by my death glorifie thy holy name set forth and ratifie thy verity comfort the harts of the heauy confirme thy Churcâ— in thy truth conuert some that are to be conuerted and so depart out of this miserable world where I doe nothing but daily heape sinne vpon sinne and enter into the fruition of thy blessed mercy whereof now giue and increase in me a liuely tast sense and feeling where through the terrour of death the tormenâ—s of fire the paines of sin the darts of Satan and the dolours of hell may neuer ouercome me but may be driuen away through the working of the most gracious spirit which now pleÌ„teously endue me withal that throgh the same spâ—rit I may offer as now I desire am ready to doe in Christ and by him my selfe wholy soule and body to a liuely sacrifice holy and acceptable in thy sight deare father whose I am and always haue been euen before the world was made to whom I commend my selfe faith name family and friends countrie all the whole Church yea euen my very enemies according to thy good pleasure beseeching thee entirely to giue once more to this Realme of England the blessing of thy word againe with godly peace to the teaching and setting forth of the same O deare father now guide mee to come vnto thee so purge and purifie me by this fire in Christs death passion through the spirite that I may bee a burnt offering of sweet smel in thy sight which liuest and raignest with the sonne and the holie Ghost now and euermore world without end The Letany O God the father of heauen haue mercy vppon vs miserable sinners O God the father of heauen c. O God the sonne redeemer of the world haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the sonne redeemer c. O God the holy ghost proceeding from the father and the sonne haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O God the holy Ghost c. O holy blessed and glorious Trinity three persons one God haue mercy vpon vs miserable sinners O holy blessed and glorious c. Remember not Lord our offences nor the offences of our forefathers neither take thou vengeance of our sins spate vs good Lord spate thy people whome thou hast redeemed with thy most precious bloud and be not angry with vs for euer Spate vs good Lord. From all euill and mischiefe from sinne from â—he crafts and assaults of the diuell from thy wrath and from euerlasting damnation Good Lord deliuer vs. From blindnes of heart from pride vaineglory and hypocrisie from enuy hatred and malice and al vncharitablenesse Good Lord deliuer vs. From fornication and al other deadly sinne and from all the deceits of the world the flesh and the diuell Good Lord deliuer vs. From lightning and tempest from plague pestileÌ„ce famine from battell murder from sodaine death Good Lord deliuer vs. From all sediâ—iâ—n and priuy conspiracy from all false doctrine and heresie from hardnes of heart contempt of thy word commandemeÌ„t Good Lord deliuer vs. By the mystery of thy holy incarnation by thy holy natiuity and circumcision by thy Baptisme fasting and temptation Good Lord deliuer vs. By thine agony and bloudy sweat by thy crosse and passion by thy glorious resurrection and assension and by the comming of the holy Ghost Good Lord deliuer vs. In all time of our tribulation in all time of our wealth in the houre of death and in the day of iudgement Good Lord deliuer vs. We sinners do beseech thee to heare vs O Lord God and that it may please thee to rule and gouerne thy holy church vniuersally in the right way We beseech thee to heare vâ— c. That it may please thee to keep and strengthen in the true worshipping of thee in righteousnesse holines of
remembrance our manifold sinnes and wickednesse He. 9.10 whereby we continually prouoke thy wrath and indignation against vs neither our negligeÌ„ee nor our vnkindnes which haue neither worthily esteemed nor in our liues sufficiently expressed the sweet comfort of thy holy Gospel reuealed vnto vs but rather to accept the obedience and death of thy Son Iesus Christ our Lord who by offering vp his body in sacrifice once for all Psa 107 hath made a sufficient recompence for all our sinnes Haue mercy therefore vpon vs O Lord and forgiue vs our offnces Psa 9.10 Teach vs by thy holy spirit that we may rightly weigh them and earnestly repent vs for the same and so much the rather O Lord our God because that the reprobate and such as thou hast forsaken Psal 8. Pâ—al 5. cannot praise thee nor call vpon thy name but the repenting hart the sorrowful mind the conscience oppressed hungring thirsting for thy grace shal euermore set forth thy praise and glory And albeit we be but worms and dust yet thou art our Creator we be the worke of thy hands yea thou art our father we thy childreÌ„ thou art our shepheard Psal 22. 1. Cot. 6. and we thy flocke thou art our redeemer and wee thy people whom thou hast dearely bought thou art our God and wee are thine inheritance Jer. 10. Psal 6. Correct vs not therefore in thine anger O Lord our God neither according to our deserts doe thou punish vs but mercifully chastice vs with a fatherly affection that al the world may know that at what time soeuer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of his heart thou wilt put away all his wickednesse out of thy remembrance as thou hast promised by thy holy Prophet Finally forasmuch as it hath pleased thee to make the night for man to rest in as thou hast ordained him the day to trauaile grant O dear father that we may so take our bodily rest that our soules may continually watch for the time that our Lord Iesus Christ shall appeare for our full deliuerance out of this mortall life and in the mean season that we be not ouercome by any fantasies dreames or other temptations but may fully set our minds vpon thee loue thee feare thee and rest in thee in such sort that our very steep also may be to the glory of thy holy name Furthermore that our sleepe bee not excessiue or ouermuch after the insaciable desire of the flesh but only sufficient to content our weake nature that we may the better be disposed to liue in all godly conuersation to the glory of thy holy name and profit of our brethren through Iesus Christ our Lord in whose name we make our humble petitioÌ„s vnto thee as he hath taught vs. Our father which art c. Almighty and euerlasting God vouchsafe we beseech thee to grant vs perfect continuance in thy liuely faith augmenting increasing the same in vs daily vntill we grow to the full measure of our perfection in Christ whereof we make our confession saying I beleeue in God the father c. The Lord blesse vs and saue vs the Lord make his face to shine vpon vs. Lord be mercifull vnto vs the Lord turne his fauourable countenance towards vs and grant vs this peace The grace of the Lord Iesus Christ the loue of God and the communion of the holy Ghost be with vs and remaine with vs for euer So be it 2. Cor. 9.13 Another Euening praier MOst mercifull God and tender Father which besides thine inestimable mercies declared giuen vnto vs in the making of the world for our sakes in the redeeming of vs by the death of thy dear Son Iesus Christ in the calling of vs to the knowledge of thy blessed word in keeping of vs hitherto in thy holy Church and in thy most gracious gouerning of vs and all things hitherto for our singular wealth and commodity hast also most fatherly cared for vs and kept vs this day from all dangers both of soule and body giuing vs health food apparell all other things necessary for the comfort and succour of this poore miserable life which many other do want for these and all other thy good gifts and gracious benefits which thou of thine owne goodnes onely and fatherly prouidence hast hitherto powred vpon vs and doest presently powre vpon vs and many other we most humbly thanke thee and praise thy holy name beseeching thee that as al things are now hidden by meanes of the darkenesse which thou hast sent ouer the earth so thou wouldest vouchsafe to hide and bury all our sinnes which this day or at any time heretofore wee haue committed against thy holy commandements and as now wee purpose to lay our bodies to rest so grant the guard of thy good Angels to keepe the same this night and for euermore and whensoeuer our last sleepe of death shal come grant that it may be in thy good fauour so that our bodies may rest both temporally and eternally to thy glory and our ioy through Iesus Christ our Lord. So be it Another Euening Praier O Eternall God and most mercifull father who this day and all the time of our life hast graciously defended nourished preserued our soules and bodies made such fatherly prouision for vs poore sinners that of thy louing kindnesse wee haue rich portions not only in the creatures of heauen and earth but also in that plentifull redemption which thy most deare Sonne Iesus Christ hath purchased for vs grant vnto vs O mercifull father the assistance of thy grace and holy spirit that as our bodies shall now take their naturall rest euen so our soules and minds at the beholding of thy goodnesse towards vs may quiet themselues in thee conceiue such inward pleasure heauenly sweetnes in thy loue that whatsoeuer we shall from henceforth either thinke speake or do it may be all to the honor of thy holy name through Iesus Christ thy deare sonne our Lord and onely Sauiour Amen Thy mighty hand and our streched arme O Lord be still our defence thy mercy and louing kindnesse in Iesus Christ thy deare sonne be our saluation thy truth and holy word our instruction thy grace and holy spirit our comfort and consolation vnto the end and in the end A praier for the remission of sinnes O Almighty and euerlasting Lord God the deare Father of our Sauiour Iesus Christ which hast made heauen and earth the sea and all that therein is which art the only ruler and gouernor conseruer and keeper of all things together with thy dearely beloued Sonne Christ Iesus our Lord and with the holy Ghost our comforter O holy righteous wise O strong terrible mighty and fearefull Lord God gouernor of the whole world Iudge of al meÌ„ O exorable patient and most gratious Father whose eies are vpon the waies of all men and are so cleane that they
this world as they be transitory soone vanishing away and my self also with them drawing towards mine end For nothing vnder the sunne may long abide but all is vanity and affliction of spirit Oh Lord God which art sweetnesse vnspeakable turne into bitternes vnto me al transitory and earthly delights which may draw mee from the loue of eternall things and for all worldly comforts giue me the sweet comfort of thy holy spirit for thou Lord art my ioy my hope my crowne and my glory Blessed are they that for the loue of thee set not by the pleasurs of this world but crucifie the flesh and the lusts thereof so that in a clean and pure conscience they may offer their praiers vnto thee and be accepted to haue company with thee together with the Angels heauenly spirits O euerlasting light send down the beams of thy brightnes and lighten the inward parts of my heart Open my heart that I may behold thy lawes and teach mee to walke in thy commandements Behold my weaknes O Lord consider my frailenes best knowne vnto thee Faine would I cleaue fast to heauenly things but worldly affections and temptations plucke mee backe they daily rebell and suffer not my soule to liue in rest Which although they draw me not away to consent yet neuerthelesse their assaults be very grieuous vnto me O what a life may this be called where no trouble nor misery lacketh where euery place is full of snares of mortall enemies For one trouble or temptation ouerpassed another commeth by and by the first conflict yet during a new battell suddenly ariseth Tedious it is to me to liue in such battels but I perceiue such conflicts are not vnprofitable for mee whilest I know my selfe and mine infirmities the better and am therby compelled to seek helpe at thy hand It is good for me O Lord that thou hast thus exercised and humbled me that I may learn to dread thy secret and terrible iudgements which scourgest euery child that thou receiuest which bringest down to the gates of hell bringest backe againe I yeeld thee thanks therfore that thou hast not spared my sinnes but hast punished me with scourges of loue and hast sent afflictions anguish within and without Of grace and fauor it is O Lord that thou suffered thy seruants to be troubled and afflicted in this world because they should not be condemned with the world Thou wouldest that they should here be broken with affliction that they may afâ—er rise in a new light be clarified and made glorious in thy kingdome O holy father thou hast ordained it so to be and it is done as thou hast appointed Wherefore O Lord giue me thy grace to rest in thee aboue al things and to quiet my heart in thee aboue all creatures aboue all glory and honour aboue all dignity and power aboue all health and beauty aboue all riches and treasure aboue all ioy and pleasure aboue all fame and praise aboue all mirth and consolation that mans heart may take and feele besides thee For thou Lord art most good most wise most righâ—eous most holy most iust most blessed most high most mighty most comfortable most beautifull most louing most glorious in whome all treasures of goodnes most perfectly rest And therefore whatsoeuer I haue besides thee it is nothing vnto mee for my hart may not rest nor fully be pacified but only in thee Oh Lord Iesus who shall giue mee wings of perfect loue that I may flee vp from these worldly miseries and rest with thee O Christ the king of euerlasting glory my soule crieth vnto thee with continual gronings and saith How long tarrieth my Lord God to come to me Oh when shall the end come of all these miseries When shall I cleane be deliuered from the bondage of sinne When shal I Lord haue my mind onely fâ—xed on thee and we merry in thee with perfect ioy and gladnesse When shall that blessed houre come that thou shalt visite mee and make mee glad with thy blessed presence when thou shalt be to me all in all When shall I come vp to thee and feele and enioy those sweet consolations which with thy blessed saints are alwaies present When shal I haue peace without trouble peace without peace with in and on euery side stedfast sure O Lord Iesu when shall I stand and behold thee and haue full sight and contemplation of thy glory When shall I be with thee in thy kingdom that thou hast ordained for thine elect before the beginning O blessed mansion of that heauenly City O most cleare day of eternity whom the night may neuer darken This is the day alwaies cleare and merry alwaies sure and neuer changing This day shineth clearely to thy saints in heauen O gratious God with euerlasting brightnesse but to vs here on earth so great is the darknes of sin in vs it shineth obscurely as it were a far of we set but a glimmering thereof Would to God this day might shortly appeare and shine vnto vs that these worldly vanities were at an end Thy heauenly citizens know and feele how ioyfull this day is but we the children of Eue strangers and exiles here on earth doe lament and bewaile the biâ—ter tediousnesse of this present life short and euill full of sorrow and anguish Where man is oftentimes defiled with sin disquieted with troubles oppressed with cares busied with vanities blinded with errors oueâ—charged with labours vexed with temptations ouercome with vâ—ine delights and pleasures of the world and miserably wrapped in many kinds of calamities Wherfore O Lord arise and help me comfort mine exile asswage my sorrow destroy the power of mine enemies the kingdome of sinne Satan the world and my wicked flesh which alway make battell against me and bring these conflicting daies to an end â—o shall I sing praises vnto thee O God of my saluation and magnifie thy holy name world without end Amen A confession of sins and a praier for the remission thereof O Lord God rich in mercy and of great goodnesse who of thy tender loue towards vs euen when we were thine enemies diddest send into the world thine owne deare Sonne Iesus Christ to be a slaine sacrifice for our sinnes so that whosoeuer beleeueth in him should not perish but haue life euerlasting haue mercy on mee according to thy great mercies and according to the multitude of thy compassions put away mine iniquities For mine iniquities are gone ouer my head Psal 38. and as a waighty burthen they presse me downe Against heauen and against thee haue I sinned O Lord I am not worthy to be called thy child I am a shamed to lift vp mine eies vnto thee Luke 15. for my sinnes are ascended vp into thy sight There is nothing sound in my flesh because of thy displeasure Psal 38. neither is there any rest in my bones because of my sinne Behold I am sould vnder sin
whereof thou wouldest haue mee to bee in a certainty of my saluation for euer For else I cannot belieue my pâ—aier to be heard if that fâ—nally I should not bee deliuered from euill and therfore thou ioinest here to a giuing of thankes which with thy Church I should say For thine is the kingdom thine is the power thine is the glory for euer By reason whereof I haue great cause to lament and to reioice To lament because of my corruption infirmity weakenesse obliuion and carelesnesse for thy people ingratitude c. because of Satans power vigilance and prudency which hath ouercome most graue wise and holy men whereof some neuer recouered as Cain ChaÌ„ Achitopel Saul Iudâ—s c. To reioice because of thy good nes which teachest mee this and shewest mee the remedy commaundest all thy Church to pray for mee and will at length deliuer mee from all euill and giue mee glory But alas I am altogeather carelesse and miserable O bee mercifull vnto me deare Father for Christs sake forgiue mee all my sinnes grant mee thy holy spâ—rit to reueale to mee mine infirmities weakenes perills dangers c in such sort that as I may heartily lament my miseries so I may aske and obtaine thy grace to guide me from all euill for euermore Againe grant mee the same thy holy spirit to reueale to mee thy loue and kindnesse towards me and that in eternity in such sort that I may be throughly perswaded of the same become thankefull vnto thee daily expect and looke for the reuelation of thy kingdome power and glory as one that for euer shall haue the fruition of the same through thine own goodnes and mercy in Christ prepared for me before the beginning and foundation of the world was laid Here call to mind our security Sathans vigilancy our negligence his diligence our infirmity his aility our ignorance his craft and subtlety c. Againe call to mind how that hee hath ouerthrowne for a time many of the deare Saints of God to whom we are to be compared in nothing as Adam 〈◊〉 Lot Iudas Thâ—mar Mâ—ses Aaron M ri n Samsan Gâ—deon Eli Dauid Salomon Ezechias Iosias Peter Thmas and innumerable moe Also call to mind the goodnesse of God and of our shepheard Christ which hath kept vs hitherto keepeth vs still and teacheth vs here to know that hee will keepe vs for euer for hee would not haue vs aske for deliuerance from euil if that he would not we should certainely looke for the same If thou doubt of finall perseuerance thou dishonorest God Be certaine therefore rest in hope be still in his word See also how he hath commanded his whole Church and euery member thereof to pray for thee as well as for themselues in these all other things Now and then goe about to reckon how many and diuers kinds of euils there bee and thereby as you may know you are deliuered froÌ„ nâ—ne but by Gods great goodnes so may you see that the number of euils that you haue are nothing to be compared to the multitude of euils wherewith if your Christ were not the diuel would al to betray you insect corrupt you But what are all the miseries and euils that can be to be compared to the least ioy prepared for vs in heaue O thinke of these ioies and pray that when the tide of death commeth we may haile forth of the hauen of this flesh and this world ioyfully In praying this petition call to mind the euils you haue been in the euils you are in the euils you may fall into if God should not preseue you that you might be stirred vp the more to thankfulnes to praier and to trust in God For thine is the kingdome thine is the power thine is the glory for euer AS in the beginning of this praier by these words Our Father which art in heauen thy children are excited stirred vp to a ful confideÌ„ce of obtaining the petitions following all things necessary so in the later end thou hast added for the same purpose these words For thine is the kingdom thine is c. wherin I am taught these many things First that in praier I should haue such consideration of thy kingdome power glory and eternity that my minde should be stricken with an admiration of the same Secondly that I should so consider them especially in praier that I should not doubt but that thou workest rulest and gouernest althings euery where in al persons and creatures most wisely iustly and mercifully Thirdly that in praier all my petitions should tend to the setting forth of thy power of thy kingdome and of thy glory Last of all that in praier I should in no wise doubt of being heard but be assured that thou which hast commanded me to pray and hast promised to heare me doest most graciously for thy mercies sake and truthes sake heare my petitions according to thy good wil throgh Iesus Christ thy deare sonne our Lord and onely Sauiour By reason whereof I haue great cause to lament and reioyce To lament because I consider not these things in praier in such sort as should moue mee to admiration and gratitude because I consider not thy power and wisedom generally in all things because I am so careles for thy kingdome because I am so full of dubitation and doubting of thy goodnesse To reioyce I haue great cause because thou reuealest these things vnto me in this sort because of thy power kingdom and glory which maketh to the bearing of my praiers and helping of mee because thou wilt vse me as thine instrument to set foorth thy kingdome power and glory and because it pleaseth thee to heare my praiers and assuredly wilt saue me for euer But alas how far am I from these lamentings and reioycingâ— By reason whereof I deserue damnation O bee mercifull vnto mee and forgiue me and of thy goodnesse grant me thy holy spirit to reueaâ—e to me my blindnes obliuion contempt of thy kingdome power and glory with the greatnes of my doubtings that as I may hartily lament them so haue them pardoned and taken from me through the merits of â—esus Christ thy sonne Againe giue me thy holy spirit to reueale to mee in such sort thy kingdom power glory and eternity thaâ— I may alwaies haue the some before mine eyes be moued with the admiration theâ—eof labour effectually to set forth the same and finallâ— as to haue the fruition thereof after this life so to encrease in an assured certaine and liuely expectation of the same that I may alwaies and in all things reioyce in thee through Christ and giue landes thanks and praises perpetuall vnto thy most holy name Oh blessed Father Sonne and holy Ghost three persons and one God to whom bee all honour and glorie world without end Here thiâ—ke that if the kingdome power glory and eternity be Gods which is our fâ—ther what our dignity is which be his children
they which beleeue are borne of GOD and made Goâ—'s children giuâ—n to those that be ordained to eternall life thinke I say that by faith you receiue more and more the spirit of sanctification through the vse of Gods word and Sacraments and earnest praier to illuminate your mind vnderstanding iâ—dgement and reason and to bow forme frame and inflame your affections with loue and power to do that which is good and therefore vse you the meanes aforesaid accordingly Thinke that by this spirit you are through faith coupled to Christ as a liuâ—ly membâ—r and so to God as it were made one with him and by loue which springeth our of this faith you are made one also with al that be of God and so you haue fellowshippë with GOD and all good men that euer weâ—e or shall be in all the good that God and all his Saints haue or shall haue Thinke that as by faith and loue through the spirit of GOD you are now entred into his Communion the blessednes wherof no tongue can expresse to after this life you shall first in soule and in the last day in body also enioy for euer the same society most perfectly which now is but begun in you Thinke then of your negligence that do so little care for this your happy estate Thinke vpon your ingratitude to God for making you redeeming you calling you and so louingly adopting you Thinke vpon your folly in fâ—ntasing so much earthly and bodily pleasures Think vpon your deafnes blindnes which hear not God no see him hee calling you so dâ—ligently by his works word and Sacraments Think vpon your frowardnes which will not be lead of God and his spirit Think vpon your forgetfulnes and in consideration of your heauenly estate how your body is the temple of the holy Ghost your meÌ„bers are the members of Christ the whole world and all things therein are your owne Therefore lay vnto your soule O my soule arise follow God contemne this world purpose well and pursue it long for the Lords comming be ready and watch that he come not vpon thâ—e vnwares And forasmuch as you must liue to Gods pleasure see the vocation state of your life wherunto God hath called you and pray to God for grace knowledge and ability to make the most profitable things in hand wel to begin better to goe on and best of all to end the same to Gods glory to the profit of your brethren and think that time lost wherein you speâ—k not or doe not or at least think not somthing to Gods glory and the commodity of your brethren When you goe forth of the dores pray NOw must I walke among the snares of death stretched out of Satan of his mischieuous ministers in the world carrying with mee a friend to them both and a foe to my selfe euen this body of sinne and sinnefull flesh Oh graund Captaine Christ leade me and guide mee I beseech thee defend mee from the plagues subtilties whereof I am in danger Grant that I may take all things that happen as I should doe and setting mine eies vpon thee onely I may so goe on forward in thy waies as by nothing I be hindered but rather furthered so that al my doings may intend to thy glory Shew me thy waies O Lord and teach me thy paths Psal 25. Occasions to meditate Consider how vainely the most part of men are occupied how many waies they trouble and cumber theÌ„selues thereby much alienating their minds from the knowleâ—ge and cogitation of that which they should most esteeme and so become a let and an offence to others As in going abroad Ioh. 6â— Ioh. 4. you will see that your apparell be seemâ—y in the sight of men so see how seemely you appeare in the sight of God When you are going any iourny pray THis oâ—r life is a pilgrimage From the Lord we came and to the Lord wee make our iorney howbeit through dangerous and perilous waies which our cruel enemies haue and doe prepare for vs being now more then stark blinde by reason of sinne O Christ which art a most true loads-man and guide and also most expert faithfull and friendly put thou out thine hand open mine eies make thy high way knowne vnto mee which thou diddest first enter into out of this corruptible life and hast prepared the same for vs to immortality Thou art the way lead vs vnto the father by thy selfe that all we may be one with him as thou and he together be one Shew mee the way that I should walk in for I lift vp my soule vnto thee Psal 124. Or pray thus MErciful father thou art wont to send to thy seruants men of simple hearts thine Angels to bee their keepers as it were guides as elder brothers to watch vpon thy weake children so diddest thou to yong Tobias to Iacob to Abrahams seruant to Iosua c. O gracious GOD though we be much vnlike vnto them so many are our sins yet for thine owne goodnesse sake send thine holy Angels to pitch their tents about vs to hide vs and defend vs from Satan his slaues to carry vs in their hands that we come not into further danger that thou wilt deliuer vs out of for thine owne sake His Angels are ministers for them that are heires of saluation Heb. 1. Satan sleepeth not but seeketh alwaies to destroy vs. 1. Pet. 5. Occasions to meditate Thinke something how wee are strangers from our Country from our home from our originall I mean from God Againe thinke vpon our madnesse that doe linger and loiter so gladly in this our iourney and pilgrimage also how foolish we are to fantasie things which we cannot carry with vs and to condemne conscience which will alwaies be a companion to vs to our ioy if it be good but to our shame and sorrow if it be euill and corrupt Finally how vnnatural we are which so little desire to be at our home to be with our only father master fellowes and friends When you are about to receiue your meat pâ—ay thus THis is a wonderfull mistery of thy worke O maker and gouernour of the world that thou doest sustaine the liues of men and beasts with these meates Surely this pouer is neither in the bread nor food but in thy will and word by which word al things do liue haue their being Again how great a thing is it that thou art able continually to giue sustenance to so many creaturs This is spoken of by the Prophet in setting forth thy praises All things looke vp to thee Psal 55. and thou giuest them meat in due season thou openest thy hand and filâ—est with thy blessing euery liuing thing These doubtlesse are wonderfull workes of thine almightinesse I therefore heartily pray thee O most liberall Lord and faithfull Father that as thou by meate through thy word doest minister life to these our bodies euen so by the same
word with thy grace thou wouldest quicken our soules that both in soule and body we may please thee till this our mortall carcase shall put on immortality and wee shall need no more any further foode but thee only which then will be al in all Taste and see how good the Lord is Psal 14. Blesse the Lord O my soule which seedeth and filleth my mouth with good things Psal 103. Occasions to meditate Think a litle how great Gods power is that made vs. Also thinke how great his wisedome is to preserue vs. But most of all thinke how many things are giuen to our vse how wonderfull it is to giue vs life but most of all to propagate and aduance to immortality the life of the soule by his onely beâ—ke Last of all thinke that God by his prouidence for thy body would haue thee to confirm thy faith of his prouidence likewise for thy soule In the meane time pray O Most liberall distributer of thy gifts which giuest vs all kind of good things to vse and beeing pure giuest pure things being holy giuest holy things grant to vs grace that wee misuse not these the gracious gifts giuen to our vse and profit Let vs not delight in the things but let vs delight in thee from whom they come as necessarie for vs for a season till we come vnto thee Grant vs to be conuersant amoÌ„gst thy gifts soverly puâ—ely temperatly and holily because thou art so Then shall we not turne that so the poison of our soules which thou hast giuen for the medicine of our bodies but vsing thy benefits thankfully we shall find them profitable both in soule and body Occasions to meditate Thinke that the meats and drinke set before you are giuen you to vse and not to ab se Think that they are giuen to profit and nâ—t to hurt you Thinke that they are not giuen to you alone but vnto others al o by you In eating and drinking thinke that you doe but feed the wormeâ— Remember the poore prisoners the sick the afflicted c. as though you were in their case Thinke vpon the food of your soule Christs body broken and bloud shed desire the meat that lasteth for euer labor for it Christs meat was to doe his Fathers will After your meat pray BY corporall meates thou doest sustaine our corporall daily life ready otherwise to perish The which surely is a great worke but yet this is much greater more profitable and more holy that thy grace O Iesus Christ doth preserue vs from the death of the soule For this life wee ought much to thanke thee and because thou doest prolong it with thy good gifts we most heartily praise thee Howbeit this life is but the way to eternall life which we beseech thee for thy deaths sake that thou wilt giue vs and so shall wee not only giue thee as we may thankes for a time for temporall things but also eternall thanks for eternall things O grant to vs these our desires for thy mercies sake Amen Occasions to meditate Thinke now that God hath giueâ— thee this his blessing of food sustenance and thereto time that thou mightest repent â— so seeke his glory and the commodity of thy brethren therefore goe thereabouts but first pray for grace well to beginne Again consider now thou hast been partaker of others mens labours as of the husbandmans the Milners the Bakers the Bruers the Butchers the Cookes c. See therefore that thou be not as a drone bee but rather such a one as may helpe thâ— hiue If God haue thus fed thy body which he loueth not but for thy soules sake how can it bee then but that he will be much more ready â—o feed the soule therfore take a courage to thee and go to him for grace accordingly Cogitations for about the midday As thy body is now compassed on euâ—â—y side with light so see that thy miâ—d â—ay be also As God giueth th e thâ—s plentifully this corpo all light so pray hiâ— thâ—t he wil giue thee the spirituall light Think that as the sun is now moâ—t cleare so shall our bodies be in the day of iudgement As now the sun is come to the highest and therefore will begin to draw downeward so is there nothing in the world so perfect and glorious which when it is at the full will not decrease and so weare away When you come home againe pray THere is nothing O Lord more like to thy holy nature than a quiet mind Thou hast called vs out of the troublesome disquietnesse of the world into that thy quiet rest and peace which the world cannot give being such a peace as passeth mens vnderstanding Houses are ordained for vs that therby we might be defended from the iniury of the weather from cruelty of beasts froÌ„ disquietnes of people and rest from toiles of the world O gracious father grant that through thy great mercy my body may enter into this house from outward actions but so that it may become buxome and obedient to the soule and make no resistance against the same that in seule and body I may haue a godly quietnes and peace to praise thy holy name Amen Peace be to this house and to all that dwell in the same Matth. 10. Occasions to meditate Think what a return and how merâ—e a returne it will bee to come to our eteâ—nall most quiet and most happy home then will all griefe and sorrow cease Whatsoeuer here is pleasant and ioyfull the same is nothing but a very shadow in comparison of that which is to come At the Sunne going downe pray HOw vnhappy are they O Lord from whom thy Sunne goeth downe and giueth no light I meane thy grace which is alwaies cleare as the mid day Darke night vnto them is the mid-day which depart from thee In thee is neuer night but alwaies day light most cleare This corporall sin hath his courses now vp now downe but thou deare Lord if we loue thee art alwaies one O that this block and vaile of sin were taken away from mee that there might bee alwaies cleere day in my minde Occasions to meditate Think that as we are not sorie wheÌ„ the Sun goeth downe because wee know it shall rise againe Thiâ— is ment of the bloody time of Queene Mary euen so we should not sorrow for death where through the soule and body do part a sunder for they shal eftsoones returne and come together againe in most glorious wise So long as the Sunne is vp wilde beasts keep their dennes foxes their burrowes owles their holes c. But when the Sun is downe then come they abroad so wicked men hypocrites keepe their dennes in the time of the Gospell but it being taken away then swarm they out of their holes like bees as this day doth reach When the Candles bee light pray MOst thicke and darke cloudes doe couer our minds except thy light O Lord doe driue them
wee acknowledging froÌ„ the bottome of our hearts our own vnrighteousnesse may from henceforth not only mortifie our sinnefull lusts and affections but also bring forth such fruit as may bee agreeable to thy most blesses will Col. 3. Rom. 6. Eph. 4.5 1. Pet. 2. through Iesus Christ our onely Sauiour whom thou hast already giuen an oblation and an offring for our sinnes and for whose sake we are â—ertainly perswaded that thou wilt deny vs nothing that we shal aske in his name according to thy will For thy spitit doth assure our consciences that thou art our mercifull Father and so louest vs thy children through him that no thing is able to remoue thy heauenly grace and fauor from vs. To thee therefore with the sonne and the holy Ghost be all honour glory world without end So be it A Pâ—ayer to be said in the Morning O Eternall GOD and heauenly Father seeing that by thy great mercy we haue quietly passed this night grant wee beseech thee that wee may bestow this day wholy in thy seruice so that al our thoghts words and deeds may redâ—und to the glory of thy name and good example of our brethren And as it hath pleased thee to make the sunne to shine vpon the earth to giue vs bodily light euen so vouchsafe to illuminate our vnderstanding with the brightnesse of thy spirit to direct vs in the way of righteousnes so that what thing soeuer we shal apply our selues vnto our speciall care purpose may be to walk in thy fear and to serue and honor thee looking for all our wealth and prosperity to came from thy only blessing and that we may take nothing in hand which shall not be agreeable to thy most blessed will Furthermore that we may in such sort trauaile for our bodies and for this present life that we may haue alwaies a further regard that is to the heauenly life which thou hast promised to thy children and in the mane season that it may please thee to preserue and defend vs both in body and soule to strengthen vs against al the temptations of the diuel and to deliuer vs frâ—m all perils and dangers that may happen vnto vs if we be not defended by thy godly power And forasmuch as to begin well and not to continue is nothing wee beseech thee to receiue vs not onely this day into thy holy protection but also for the time of our whole life continuing and increasing in vs daily thy good grace gifts therof vntill thou shalt bring vs to that happy state where we shall fully foreuer be ioined vnto thy Sonne Iesus Christ our Sauiour which is the true light of our soules shining day and night perpetuaâ—ly And to the end that we may obtaine such grace at thy hand vouchsafe most mercifull Father to forgiue and forget all our sins which wee haue heretofore committed against thee and for thy infinite mercies sake to pardon the same as thou hast promised to those that aske of thee with vnfained heart for whom as for our selues we make our humble petitions vnto thee in the name of thy sonne our Lord and Sauiour Iesus Christ in such sort as he hath taught vs saying Ou Father c. Another Praier to be said in the Morning O Almighty and most gracious God we hartily thanke thee for the sweet sleepe and comfortable rest which thou hast giuen vs this night past and for as much as thou hast commanded by the holy Word that no man should bee idâ—e but all occupied in godly and vertuous exercises euery man according to his calling wee most humbly beseech thee that thine eies may attend vpon vs daily defend vs cherish comfort gouerne vs and all our counsels studies and labors in such wise that wee may spend and bestow this day according to thy most holy will setting thee alwaies before our eies liuing in thy feare working that may bee found acceptable before thy diuine maiesty through Iesus Christ our Lord. So be it Another Prayer for the Morning VVE humbly and heartily giue thankes vnto thee O heauenly Father through thy dearely beloued son Iesus Christ that to thy innumerable bene â—ts hitherto powred vpon our soules and vpon our bodies thou hast kept vs this night past from many euils both spirituall and corporall and now of thy mercy dost offer and giue vs time to repent and amend our liues so that we might liue henceforth not as we wil but as thou wilt as our bodies doe draw continually neerer neerer their end the graue I mean so our soules might aproch to their end that is heauen not hel for in one state we stand not stil but either we are neerer and neerer the happy state of life or else the vnhappy condition of death eternall Wherefore we beseech thee to be mercifull vnto vs good Father and as of thy goodnes thou giuest vs time to repent and liue godly so of the same thy goodnes in Christ wee humbly beseech thee to giue vs thy gracious gift of true holy perfect perpetuall repentance that we may more and more lament our former sinfull life trusting vnfainedly in thy rich mercy through the merits of Iesus Christ for the pardon of all our sinnes and that we may vnfainedly purpose and effectually labour to amend our liues this day so long as we haue to liue in al our doings and words and euen in our very thoughts to the praise of thy holy name and good example by all our doings and words to all our brethren And forasmuch as thou knowest our weaknes our ignorance and great vntowardnes to carry any great crosse or affliction We beseech thee our sweete Father so temper order all things towards vs this day and for euer that we be neuer further proued tempted than thou wilt make vs able to beare so to help vs in the same as may be most to thy glory our saluation through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen An Euening Praier O Lord God Father euerlasting and full of pitty wee acknowledge and confesse that wee are not worthy to lift vp our eies to heauen much lesse to present our selues before thy diuine maiesty with confidence that thou wilt heare our praiers and graunt our requests if wee consider our owne wretched deseruings For our consciences doe accuse vs and our sins witnes against vs we know that thou art an vpright Iudge which dost not iustifie the sinners and wicked men Exo. 20. but punishest the faults of such as transgresse thy commaundements Yet most mercifull Father since it hath pleased thee to commaund vs to call vpon thee in all our troubles and aduersities Psal 15. Psal 28. promising euen then to helpe vs when wee feele our selues as it were swallowed vp of death desperation we vtterly renounce all worldly confidence and trust fly to thy soueraign goodnesse as our only stay and refuge beseeching thee not to call to
not be compared to the reward of faith that glorious sight which we shall see in the life to come when faith and hope shall cease Now thy children know that they be thy sons though they yet appeare not what they shall bee Wee know say they that when our Christ God and man shal appear then shal we be like vnto him for we shall see him euen as he is O great prerogatiue to see Christ as he is which is not to be considered so much for the manhood as for the godhead it selfe as Paul doth also write that when all things are subiect vnto the Sonne theÌ„ shal he be subiect vnto thee deare Father also that God may be al in al. And therfore Christ our sauior praied for vs that we might know thee the onely true God Not that our Christ the sonne is not with thee the true coequall and substantiall God but that we might know how that after the iudgement such a mystery of his mediatorshippe shall not be in heauen as is now in earth Then thou blessed Trinity God the Father God the Sonne and God the holy ghost shal be all in al thou shalt be the end of our desires thou shalt be looked vpon without end thou shalt be loued without lothing thou shalt be praised without wearinesse although loathsomnesse be wont to follow fulnes yet our fulnes in the contemplation of thy pleasures shal bring with it no kind at all of loathsomnesse Society of ioyes shal be in the beholding of thee Pleasures are on thy right hand for euer We shal be satisfied when we arise after thine image I meane in the resurrection O deare Father shew thy selfe vnto vs and we aske no more Oh grant vs with thy Saints in euerlasting life to praise with perpetuall praises thy holy name Happy then and happy againe were we if that day were come that we might sing with the Angels Elders and innumerable thousands a new song and say Thou Christ Iesu which was slain art worthy to receiue power and riches and wisedome and strength honour and glory and blessing In this blessed life al kind of maladies griefs sorrowes and euils be farre away and all full of all kind of mirth ioy and pleasure Oh that we might see now a little with S. Iohn that holy City new Ierusalem descending from heauen prepared of God as a bride trimmed for her husband O that we might now something hear the great voice speaking out of the throne Behold the tabernacle of God is with men and he will dwell with them and they shall be his people and hee shall bee vnto them their God hee will wipe away all teares from their eies and death shall be no more nor weeping nor crying nor sorrow for the former things are gone I.B. Another meditation of the blessed state and felicity of this life to come THis body is but a prison where in the soule is kept and that verily not beautifull nor bright but most foule and dark disquiet fraile and filled vp with much vermin and venimous vipers I mean it concerning our affections standing in an aire most vnholesom and prospect most lothsome if a man consider the extremities of it by the eies nose mouth eares hands feet and all the other parts So that no Bocardo no Litleease no Dungeon no Bishops prison no Gatehouse no sinke no pit may be compared in any point to be so euill a prison for the soule as the body is for and of the soule wherethrough the children of God haue been occasioned to cry and lament their long being in it Oh saith Dauid How long shall I lie in this prison Oh wretch that I am saith Paul who shall deliuer me out of this body of sinne Rom. 7. which is an heauy burden to the soul as the wise man saith And the godly cry Luke 2â— Now let thy seruant depart in peace O that I were dissolued and had put off this earthly fraile tabernacle Psal 143. Take me vnto thee and bring my soule out of this prison that it may giue thanks vnto thee O Lord. For so long as wee bee in this body we cannot see the Lord yea it is an heauy habitation depresseth down sore the spirit from the familiarity which it selfe should haue with God This world and life is an exile a vale of misery a wildernes of it selfe being void of all vertues necessary for eternall life full of enemies sorrowes sighings sobbings gronings miseries c. In danger to hunger cold heat thirst sores sicknesse tentations trouble death and innumerable calamities being momentany short vnstable and nothing but vain and therfore is compared to a warfare a womans trauaile a shadow a smoke a vapor a word a storme a tempest in the which Gods people feele great molestations griefs and troubles now of satan himselfe now of the world now of their own flesh and that so wonderfully diuersly dangerously and contrarily that they are enforced to cry O Lord when shall we come appear before thee when shall this misery end when shall we be deliuered out of this vale of misery out of this wildernes out of these continuall afflictions and most perilous seas But where thou art Lord and deare father of mercy there is not onely no prison no dolours nor sorrow no sighings no tears no sicknesse no hunger no heat no colde no paine no tentations no displeasure no malice no pride no vncleannesse no contention no torments no horror no sinne no filth no stinch no bearth no death no weeping no teares no misery no mischiefe there is I say not only no such thing or any euill not some or displeasant thing but all liberty all light all pleasâ—ntnesse all ioy reioycing mirth pleasure health welth riches glory power treasure honour triumph comfort solace loue vnitie peace concord wisedome vertue melody meeknesse felicitie beatitude and all that euer can be wished or desired in most securitie eternity and perpetuity that may be thought not onely of man but of Angels and Archangels yea aboue all thoughts The eie hath not seene the like the eare hath not heard 1. Coâ— 2. nor no heart is able to conceiue in any point any part of the blissefull beatitude which is with thee most deare Lord and Sauior most gracious God and comforter Where thou art O blessed God the Archangels Angels Thrones Powers Dominions Cherubins Seraphins Patriarchs Prophets Apostles Martyrs Virgins Confessors and righteous spirits cease not to sing night and day Holy Apoc. 4. holy holy Lord God of hosts honour maiesty glory power empire and dominion be vnto thee O God the creator O Lord Iesus the redeemer O holy spirit the comforter Apoc. 5. In recordation of this O how thy children reioice How contemne they the pleasures of this world How little esteeme they any corporall griefe or shame How desire they to be with thee How amiable are thy Tabernacles O Lord God of hostes say they My soule
blindnes corruption of our hearts is such that we are not able to arise vp vnto thee by faithfull and hearty praier according to our great necessity without thy singular grace and assistance grant vnto vs gracious Lord thy holy and sanctifying spirit to worke in vs this good worke with grace to weigh and consider the need and greatnesse of that wee doe desire and with an assured faith and trust that thou wilt grant vs our requests because thou art good and gracious euen to yong Rauens calling vpon thee much more then to vs for whom thou hast made all things yea and hast not spared also thine owne deare sonne because thou hast commanded vs to call vpon thee because thy throne wherto we come is a throne of grace and mercy because thou hast giuen vs a mediator Christ to bring vs vnto thee being the way by whom we come being the doore by whom we enter being our head on whom we hang hope that our poor petitions shal not be in vain through him for his names take We beseech thee therefore of thy rich mercy wherin thou art plentifull to all them that cal vpon thee to forgiue vs our sinnes namely our vnthankfulnes vnbeleefe selfeloue neglect of thy word security hypocrisie contempt of thy long suffering omission of prayer doubting of thy power presence mercy and good wil towards vs vnsensiblenesse of thy grace impatience c. And to this thy benefit of correcting vs and this gracious gift of repentance faith the spirit of praier the contempt of this world and hearty desiring of euerlasting life Indue vs with thy holy spirit according to thy couenant of mercy aswell to assure vs of pardon and that thou doest accept vs in thy fauour as thy deare children in Christ and for his sake as to write thy law in our hearts and so to worke in vs that wee may now begin and go forward in beleeuing louing fearing obeying praysing hoping seruing thee as thou doest require most fatherly and most iustly of vs accepting vs as perfect in thy sight through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier of the afflicted for the profession of Gods Word O Gratious God which seekest all meanes possible how to bring thy children into the feeling sure sense of thy mercy and therefore when prosperity will not serue then sendest thou aduersity graciously correcting them here whom thou wilt haue elsewhere to liue with thee for euer we poore wretches giue humble praises and thanks to thee that thou hast vouchsed vs worthy of thy correction at this present heereby to worke that which wee in prosperity and liberty did neglect For the which neglecting and many other our grieuous sinnes whereof we now accuse our selues before thee most mercifull Lord thou mightest most iustly haue giuen vs ouer and destroied vs both in soul body But such is thy goodnes towards vs in christ that thou seemest to forget all our offences and as though we were far otherwise then we bee indeed thou wilt that we should suffer this crosse now laid vpon vs for thy truth and Gospels sake and so be thy witnesses with the Prophets Apostles Martyrs Confessors yea with thy dearely beloued son Iesus Christ to whom thou dost now here begin to fashion vs like that in thiâ— glory we may be like to him also O good God what are we on whom thou shouldest shew this great mercy Oh louing Lord forgiue vs our vnthankfulnesse and sinnes Oh faithfull Father giue vs thine holy spirit now to crie in our hearts Abba dear Father to assure vs of our eternall election in Christ to reueale more and more thy truth vnto vs to confirme strengthen and stablish vs in the same that we may liue die in it as vessels of thy mercy to thy glory and to the commodity of thy Church Indue vs with the spirit of thy wisedome that with good conscience we may alwaies so answer the enemies in thy cause as may turn to their conuersion or confusion our vnspeakable consolation in Christ Iesus for whose sake we beseech thee henceforth to keepe vs to giue vs patience and to wil no otherwise our deliuerance or mitigation of our misery then may stand alwaies with thy good pleasure and mercifull will towards vs. Grant this deare Father not only to vs in this place but also to all others elsewhere afflicted for thy names sake through the death and merits of Iesus Christ our Lord Amen I.B. A praier to God the Father the Son and the holy Ghost O Almighty and euerliuing God the eternall Father of our Lord Iesus Christ which of thy vnmeasurable goodnes hast opened thy self vnto vs and with a loud voice hast said of thy sonne Iesus Christ our Lord Heare him O maker and preseruer of all things with thy coeternall son our Lord Iesus Christ which raigneth with thee and was manifested in Ierusalem with thy holy spirit which was poured vpon the Apostles O wise God mercifull Iudge and mighty Lord which hast said As truely as I liue I will not the death of a sinner but rather that he shold conuert amend which also hast said Cal vpon me in the day of trouble and I will deliuer thee haue mercy vpon vp for Iesus Christs sake whom thou wouldest of thy meruellous and incomprehensible counsaile should bee made for vs a slaine sacrifice He. 6.11 mediator reconciler and peace-maker to the end that thou mightest shew thine exceeding great wrath against sin and thine inestimable mercy towards mankind Sanctifie and illuminate our hearts and soules with thy holy spirit that wee may truely beleeue in thee call vpon thee bee thankfull vnto thee and obedient to thy holy will Defend gouerne cherish thy Church as thou hast promised saying Esa 55. This is my couenant that I haue made with them My spirit which is in thee and my word which I haue put in thy mouth shall not depart out of thy mouth nor out of the mouth of thy seed for euer Preserue those kingdomes common weales which giue harboure to thy people and maintaine the ministery of thy holy word and Gospell that the kingdome of thy sonne Iesus Christ may increase and shine throughout all the world O Iesus Christ Sonne of the euerlasting God A praier to God the Son crucified for vs and raised also from the dead and now raigning at the right hand of thy father that thou maist giue gifts vnto men which hast said Come vnto me all ye that labour and are heauy loaden and I will refresh you Haue mercy vpon vs and pray for vs vnto thy eternal Father Joh. 14. sanctifie and gouerne vs with thy holy spirit helpe and succour vs in al our necessities as thou hast promised saying I will not leaue you comfortlesse O holy and blessed spirit together with the father and the son one true and euerliuing God full of maiesty and power which with thy heauenly
inspiration quicknest the mindes of them that afore were dead in sinne makest ioifull the hearts of the faithfull penitent bringest into the way of truth all such as haâ—e erred and gone astray comfortest the soules of such as hunger and thirst after righteousnesse and plenteouslie enrichest those with diuers gifts which aske them in Iesus Christs name purifie our hearts wee beseech thee and inflame them with the fire of thy loue replenish them with thy heauenly benefits and spirituall blessings that they may bee made meere temples for thee leade vs into all truth which aet the onely fountaine of truth and mortifie in vs whatsoeuer proceedeth not of thee Or else pray thus O holy spirit powred into the Apostles which hast promised vnto vs by the sonne of God our Redeemer to kindle in vs a true knowledge and inuocation of God as it is written I will powre vpon you the spirit of grace and compassion make to arise in our harts a true feare of God and faith and knowledge of thy mercy which the eternal father of our Lord Iesus Christ hath promised vnto vs for his sons sake Be our comforter in all our counsels and dangers Illuminate our vnderstanding and fill our hearts with new affections and spirituall motions and renew vs both in soule and body that we may die to sinne and liue to righteousnes and so in true obedience may praise the father of our Lord Iesus Christ and his sonne our redeemer and theâ— also our comforter euerlastingly A thanksgiuing to God the Father the Son and the holy Ghost VVE reÌ„der thanks vnto thee O Almighty and eternall God with the deare sonne our Lord Iesus Christ and with thy holy spirit for that of thin exceeding great goodnes thou hast made thy selfe knowne vnto vs by most assured and euidenâ— testimonies and for that thou hast gaâ—hered and chosen vnto thy selfe a perpetuall Church and wouldest that thy Sonne our Lord Iesus Christ should suffer death to restore vs from death to life for that thou hast giuen to vs thy Gospel and the holy Ghost for that thou forgiuest vs our sinnes deliuerest vs from the power of the diuel and from eternall death and giuest vnto vs euerlasting life finally for that thou hast visited vs with many great benefits giuing vs life food doctrine peace in such places as we haue liued in and hast diminished the pains which we haue iustly deserued We giue thankes vnto thee O Lord Iesus Christ A thanksgiuing to the Son sonne of the liuing God crucified for vs and risen againe because thou hast coupled vnto thee our humane nature and of thy inestimable loue diddest giue thy selfe to death for vs turning vpon thee the great wrath of GOD the Father conceiued against vs to reconcile vs vnto him and â—o purchase vs eternall redemption because thou hast brought vs to this grace wherin we stand and reioice in hope of the glory of GOD because thou doest preserue cherish and defend send thy Church against the Diuell and all thine enemies because thou giuest and renewest often the light of thy Gospell and maintainest the ministery of thy word because thou doest forgiue vs our sinnes and giuest vnto vs euerlasting life because thou art our mediator and makest continuall intercession for vs finally because thou doest succour preserue vs in all our necessities dangers and afflictions A thanksgiuing to God the holy Ghost We giue thanks also vnto thee O holy spirit the giuer of life which wast powred vpon the Apostles be cause thou kindlest thy light in our hearts because thou rulest instructest admonishest and helpest vs because thou gouernest and guidest the labours and works of our vocation and sanctifiest vs to eternall life A praier to God for his helpe and protection against the obstinate enemies of the truth MOst righteous Iudge God of all mercy and comfort which by thy secret iudgement and wisedome doest suffer the wicked to triumph a increase for a time for triall of the faith of thy welbeloued litle flocke and the mortifying of their lusts now at length to the vtter confusioÌ„ ot thy enemies and ioifull deliuerance of thy people look downe we beseech thee on thy dispersed sheepe out of thy holy habitation in heauen and strengthen our weaknesse against their furious rages abate their pride asswage their malice confound their deuises wherwith they lift vp themselues against Christ Iesus thy sonne our Lord and Sauiour to deface his glory and to set vp Antichrist We be not able our selues to thinke a good thought much lesse to stand against their assaults except thy vndeserued grace and mighty arme defend and deliuer vs. Performe thy promises made to Iacob stop the mouthes of the wicked Edomits Cal them to repentaÌ„ce whom thou hast appointed to saluationâ— bring home them that run astrayâ— lighten the blind and teach the ignorant forgiue all those that wilfully and obstinatly rebel against thy holy will Let thy fearefull threatnings pearce our stony hearts and make vs tremble at thy iudgements make the examples of theÌ„ whom thou hast ouerthrowne in their owne deuises as Cain Cham Nimrod Esau Pharoh Saul Aâ—chitophel Iudas and such other to be a warning for vs that we set not vp our selues against thy holy will Grantfree passage to thy holy word that it may worke effectually in vs the worke of life and blessed hope of our saluation to the eternall praise of thy maiesty through our mediator Christ Iesus to whom with thee and the holy Ghost three persons and one God be praise and thanksgiuing in all congregations world without end So be it A praier for the afflicted and persecuted vnder the tyranny of Antichrist O Mercifull Father who neuer doest forsake such as put their trust in thee stretch forth thy mighty arme to the defence of our brethren by the rage of enemies persecuted and grieuously tormented in sundry places for the true profession of the holy Gospell who in their extream necessities cry for coÌ„fort vnto thee Let not thy long suffering O Lord be an occasioÌ„ either to increase the tyranny of thy enemies or to discourage thy children but with speed O Lord consider their great miseries and afflictions Preuent the cruell deuise of Haman stay the rage of Holofernes breake off the counsell of Achitophel Let not the wicked say Where is now their God Let thy afflicted flocke feele present aid and releefe from thee O Lord looke downe vpon them with thy pitifull eie from thy holy habitation send terror and trembling among their enemies make an ende of their outragious tyranny beate backe their boldnesse in suppressing the truth in destroying thy true seruants in defacing thy glory and in setting vp Antichrist Let them not thus proudly aduance themselues against thee and thy Christ but let them vnderstand and feele that against thâ— they fight Preserue and defend the vine which thy right hand hath planted and let all Nations see the glory of thine annointed Amen
thou wilt haue mercy vpon vs. For none that trust in thee shal be confounded Tobit 8. Job 32. neither any that cal vpon thee shall be despised For thou art the onely Lord who woundest and dost heale again Oseas 6. who killest and reuinest bringest euen to hell and bringest backe againe Our Fathers hoped in thee and trusted in thee Sap. 22. and thou diddest deliuer them They called vpon thee and were helped they put their trust in thee were not confounded Psalâ— 6. O Lord rebuke vs not in thine indignation neither chasten vs in thy heauy displeasure O remember not the sinnes and offences of my youth but according to thy mercy thinke thou vpon me Psa 25. O Lord for thy goodnesse Haue mercy vpon vs O Lord for we are weake O Lord heale vs for our bones are vexed And now in the vexation of our spirits and the anguish of our soules wee remember thee and we cry vnto thee heare Lord and haue mercy â—arue Jonas â— For thine owne sake and for thy holy names sake incline thine eare and heare O mercifull Lord. For we do not powre out our praiers before thee â—â—aâ— 6. trusting in our owne righteousnes but in thy great and manifold mercies Wash vs throughly from our wickednes and clense vs from our sins Turne thy face from our sins and put out all our misdeeds Make vs cleane hearts O God and renue a right spirit within vs. Helpe vs O God of our saluation for the glory of thy name O deliuer vs and be merciful to our sinnes for thy names sake So we that be thy people sheepe of thy pasture shal giue thee thanks for euer and will alwaies be shewing forth thy praise from generation to generation Glory be to the Father c. As it was in the begâ—nning c. A Psalme of thanksgiuing for deliuerance from the plague or any other kind of sicknes trouble or affliction LOrd thou art become gracious to thy land thou hast turned away the afflictions of thy sâ—ruants Thou hast taken away al thy displeasure and turned thy selfe from thy wrathfâ—l indignation For if thou Lord hadst not helped vs it had not failed but our soules had beene put to silence But when we said our feet haue slipped thy mercy O Lord helpes vs vp In the multitude of the sorrowes that we had in our hearts thy comforts haue refreshed our soules Our soules waited still vpon the Lord our soules hanged vpon his helpe our hope was alwaâ—es in him In the Lords word wil we reioyce in Gods word did wee comfort our selues For the Lord said Call vpon mee in the time of trouble I wil heare thee and thou shalt praise me So when wee were poore needy sickly and in heauines the Lord cared for vs he was our helper our deliuer according to his word Psâ— 27. In our aduersiâ—y and distresse hee hath lifted vp our head and saued vs from vtâ—er destruction Psa 33. He hath deliuered our soules from death he hath fed vs in the time of dearth hee hath saued vs from the noisome pestilence Therefore will we offer in his holy temple the oblation of thanksgigiuing Psa 37. with great gladnesse we wil sing speake praises vnto the Lord our Sauiour Psa 106. Psa 86. Wee will giue thankes vnto the Lord for he is gracious his mercy endureth for euer Psa 103. The Lord is full of compassion mercy long suffering plenteous in goodnesse and pitty John 5.7 Psa 108. His mercy is greater then the heauens and his gracious goodnes reacheth vnto the clâ—â—ds Psa 103. Like as a father pittieth his own children euen so is the Lord merciful vnto them that feare him Psal 72. Therefore will we praise thee thy mercies O God vnto thee will we sing O thou holy one of Israell Pâ—al 98. We will sing a new song vnto thee O God we will praise the Lord with Psalmes and thanksgiuing Psal 47. O sing praises sing praises vnto our God O sing praises sing praises vnto our king For God is the king of the earth sing praises with vnderstanding We will magnifie thee O God our King Psal 145. we will praise thy name for euer and euer Euery day will we giue thankes vnto thee and praise thy name for euer and euer Our mouth shall speak the praise of the Lord let all flesh giue thanks to his holy name for euer and euer Psal 72. Blessed be the Lord God of Israel for euer and blessed be the name of his maiesty world without end Amen Glory be to the father c. As it was in the beginning c. Praiers to be said before and after meales AL things depend vpon thy prouidence O Lord to receiue at thy hands due sustenance in time conuenient Thou giuest to them and they gather it thou openest thy hand and they are satisfied with all good things O heauenly father which art the fountaine full treasure of all goodnesse We beseech thee to shew thy mercy vpon vs thy children and sanctifie these thy gifts which we receiue of the mercifull liberality granting vs grace to vse them soberly purely according to thy blessed will so that thereby we may acknowledge thee to be the author and giuer of all good things and aboue all that we may remember continually to seeke the spiritual food of thy word â— Tim. 2. wherwith our soules may be nourished euerlastingly through our Sauiour Christ who is the true bread of life which came down from heauen of whom whosoeuer eateth shall liue for euer Joh â— and raigne with him in glory world without end So be it Another praier before meales WHether ye eat or drinke faith S. Paul or whatsouer ye do else let all be done to the praise and glory of God Eternal and euerlasting God father â—f our Lord Iesus Christ 1. Cor. 10 who of thy most singular loue which thou barest to mankind hast appointed to his sustenance not only the fruits of the earth but also the foâ—â—ls of the aire the beasts of the field and fishes of the sea and hast commanâ—ed thy benefits to be receiued as from thy hands with thanksgiuing assuring thy children by the mouth of thine apostle that to the cleane all things are cleane as the creatures which be sanctified by thy word and praier grant vnto vs so moderatly to vse these thy gifts present that our bodies being refreshed our soules may be more able to proceed in all good works to the praise of thy holy name through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Our father which art in heauen c Another O Eternall God the very God of peace and al consolation which broughtest againe from death our Lord Iesus the gâ—eat shepheard of the sheepâ— through the bloud of â—he euerlasting couenant make vs fruitfull in all good works to d◠〈◊〉 will and worke
serue thee Graft in my heart the loue of thy name increase in mee true religion replenish mee with all goodnesse and of thy great mercy keepe me in the same vnto the end Giue vnto me the spirit of praier true humility perfect patience and continuall ioy in the holy Ghost I commend vnto thy protection O Father my house and all thou hast giuen me my whole family my wife and children and aide mee that I may well and holily gouerne â—orish and bring them vp in thy feare and seruiâ—e And forasmuch as in this world I must alwayes be at war not with one sort of enemies but with an infinit number not only with flesh and blood but with the diuell which is the prince of darknesse grant me thy grace that being armed with thy defence I may stand in this battel with an inuincible coÌ„stancy againsâ— all corruption which I am incompassed with on all sides vntill such time as I hauing ended the combat which during this life I must sustaine in the end I may attaine to thy heauenly rest which is prepared for me through Christ Iesus our Lord and Sauiour Amen A praier taken out of the first Psalme ALmightie and most gracious God take away from vs all euill counsell and then our sinneâ—â— suffer vs not to run into an vngodly and wickedlife and finally keep out minds farre from the contempt of godlinesse and scorning of vertue in the stead of these euils grant that we may continually be occupied in thy law and sacred scriptures that we be not carried about like the wicked like dust and fruitlesse chaffe with euery blast of affection and doctrine but rather that we as trees planted by the water brookes indued with the life of the spirit faith may also bring forth the fruits of good works and that what soeuer we take in hand may prosper and tend to the praise and glory of thy name furtherance of our saluation and at the last when the wicked shall fal away in thy iudgement we may stand stedfast and be made perfect through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Out of the same Psalme ALmighty God we are sufficieÌ„tly taught that grieuous calamities miserable plagues do therefore daily vex trouble the church because we haue not ceased to follow the counsell of the vngodly which being once known we ought to haue eschewed The way also of the wicked we haue not shunned yea wee haue not ceased to walke their race by continuall transgression of thy commandements we haue also oâ— long time contemned all godly correction and discipline and whatsoeuer hath been taught vs out of thy work hath been too little regarded yea wtout all shame neglected scorned Wherefore it is no maruell if wâ— in the stead of that happinesse and quiet peace which we alas haue to long abused be now compelled to suffer all heauy grieuous and most bitter plagues But now O God in humblenes of hart we flee vnto thee confessing our grieuous offences and wee most humbly and heartily beseech thee that those euills which we so foolishly and wretchedly haue committed thou wilt mercifully forgiue vs and frame our minds wholy to the obedience of thy Law in such wise that our hearts might be occupied both day and night in nothing else but in the meditation of thy holy Scriptures For so shall wee giuing credite to thy wordes bring forth seasonable and pleasant fruit and shal not be spoiled of the graces of the holy Ghost yea our doings shal neuer be withour happy successe Now we are tossed hither thither not vnlike to leaues and chaffe with the wind of aduersity and affliction yet grant O most merciful Fathee that our life perish not with the wicked but that the cause of the iust may be defended by thy singular prouidence and protection so that in iudgemeÌ„t and in the company of the iust we may be able to stand and not bee confounded through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen Out of the same Psalme ALmighty GOD forasmuch as wee haue now learned that a great part of our felicity so long as we liue here consisteth in this that wee refraine from vngodly counsell and wicked manners and also auoid the company of those that despise deride all good things and that in the stead of these euills we giue our selues to the heauenly study of thy holy law to bee occupied and exercised therein both day and night wherby we do perceiue that we haue very much erred and straied from this way of our saluation yea wee haue in these things most wickedly offended therfore we beseech thee euen for thy mercies sake that thou wilt pardon our offences and that henceforth by continuall study and exercise of thy word thou wilt vouch safe to make vs fruitful plants that we may not only bring forth wholesome fruits in thy Church whiles we liue here but also may be able in the other world to stand in iudgement before thee who best knowest the way of the iust through Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier taken out of the second Psalme VVE perceiue most mercifull and almighty God that not only Antichrist but also the power and strength of the whole world conspireth against thee and against thy Christ which thinke the gospel and the building vp again of the church to be an intollerable bondage hard yoke Wherefore they labour by all possible meanes to breake asunder the societies and congregations of the faithfull and cast away al discipline But forasmuch as thou sittest in heauen art not ignorant what the diuell or wicked flesh goeth about laugh thou to scorne their vain counsells bring their purposes to nought Let them feele thine anger to be kindled against them make them astonied at the storcenesse of thine indignations so that they may not be able to destroy the Church ouer whoÌ„ thou hast appointed Iesus Christ our only Sauior to be a gouernour that in it hee may raigne by his word and spirite with inuincible might and power Wherefore grant vnto vs although vnworthy and shrinking children such faith constancy that we may finde him also confesse him to be our only king and that we may nothing doubt but that wee may be his nation people and heritage being most assured of this that he is of such strength and power that with his sword more strong then yron he is able to destroy whom he will and breake them in peeces like earthen pots Therefore O God turne the kings and princes of the world vnto thee that they may bee wise and vnderstand whereby they may vnfainedly acknowledge imbrace and kisse his sonne lest when his wrath shall once be kindled they perish and be destroyed for euer And when it shal be thy good pleasure make them blessed for euermore which commit themselues to thy gouernance and and protection by Christ Iesus our Lord Amen Out of the same Psalme MOst mighty and merciful Lord God though
life thy seruant Iames our most gracious king and gouernor We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to rule his hart in thy faith feare and loue and that he may euermore haue affiance in thee euer seek thy honor glory We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to be his defender and keeper giuing him the victory ouer all his enemies We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to blesse and preserue our gracious Queene Anne prince Charles and the rest of the King and Queenes royall issue We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to illuminate all bishops pastors and ministers of the church with true knowledge and vnderstaÌ„ding of thy word that both by their preaching and liuing they may set it forth and shew it accordingly We beseech c. That it may please thee to indue the Lords of the counsell and all the nobility with grace wisedome and vnderstanding We beseech c. That it may please thee to blesse keepe the Magistrates giuing them grace to execute iustice and to maintaine truth We beseech c. That it may please thee to blesse and keepe all thy people We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue to all nations vnity peace concord We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue vs an heart to loue and dread thee and diligently to liue after thy commandements We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue all thy people increase of grace to heare meekely thy word and to receiue it with pure affectioÌ„ and to bring forth the fruits of the spirit We beseech thee to heare vs c. That it may please thee to bring into the way of trueth all such as haue erred and are deceiued We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to strengthen such as do stand and to comfort and helpe the weake hearted and to raise vp them that fal and finally to beat downe Satan vnder our feet We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to succour help and comfort all that be in danger necessity and tribulation We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to preserue all that trauell by land or by water all women labouring of childeâ— all sicke persons and young children and to shew thy pity vpon all prisoners and captiues We beseech thee to heare c. That it may please thee to defend and prouide for the fatherlesse children and widowes and all that bee desolate and oppressed We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to haue mercy vpon all men We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to forgiue our enemies persecutors and slaunderers and to turne their hearts We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue and preserue to our vse the kindly fruâ—ts of the earth so as in due time wee may enioy them We beseech thee c. That it may please thee to giue vs true repentance to forgiue vs al our sinnes negligences and ignorances and to indue vs with thâ— holy spirit to amend our liues according to thy holy word We beseech thee c. Sonne of God wee beseech thee to heare vs. Sonne of God we beseech c. O Lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world Grant vs thy peace O Lambe of God that takest away the sins of the world Haue mercy vpon vs. O Christ heare vs. O Christ heare vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Christ haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Lord haue mercy vpon vs. Our Father which c. And leade vs not c. But deliuer vs from euill Amen The Veâ—sicle O Lord deale not with vs after our sinnes The Answer Neither reward vs after our iniquities Let vs pray O God meecifull father which despisest not the sighing of a contrite heart nor the desires of such as be sorrowfull mercifully assist our praiers that we make before thee in al our troubles adurrsities whensoeuer they oppresse vs and graciously heare vs that those euills which the craft or subtlety of the Diuell or man worketh against vs be brought to nought and by the prouidence of thy goodnesse they may bee dispersed that wee thy seruants beeing hurt by no persecution may euermore giue thankes vnto thee in thy holy Church through Iesus Christ our Lord. O Lord arise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thy names sake O God we haue heard with our eares and our fathers haue declared vnto vs the noble workes that thou diddest in their daies and in the old time before them O Lord aâ—ise helpe vs and deliuer vs for thâ—ne honour Glory be to the father and to the Sonne and to the holy Ghost As it was in the beginning is now and euer shall be world without end Amen From our enemies defend vs O Christ Graciously looke vpon our afflâ—ctions Pittifully behold the sorrowes of our hearts Mercifully forgiue the sinnes of thy people Fauourably with mercy heare our praiers O Son of Dauid haue mercy vpon vs. Both now and euer vouchsafe to heare vs O Christ Gratiously heare vs O Christ gratiously heare vs O Lord Christ O Lord let thy mercy be shewed oâ— vs As we doe put ouâ— trust in thee Let vs pray VVE humbly beseech thee O Father mercifully to looke vpon our infirmities and for the glory of thy names sake turne from vs all those euils that wee most righâ—eously haue deserued and grant that in all our troubles wee may put our whole trust and confidence in thy mercy euermore serue thee in holines and purenesse of liuing to thy honour and glory through our onely mediaâ—or aduocaâ—e Iesus Christ our Lord Amen A praier for the Kings maiesty O Lord our heauenly father high mighty King of Kings Lord of Lords the only ruler of Princes which doest from thy throne behold all the dwellers vppon earth most heartily wee beseech thee with thy fauour to behold our most gracious soueraigne Lord King Iames and so replenish him with the grace of thy holy spirit that he may alwayes incline to thy wil walk in thy ways indue him plentifully with heauenly gifts grant him in health wealth long to liue strengthen him that hee may vanquish and ouercome all his enimies and finally after this life he may attain euerlasting ioy and felicity throgh Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier for the Queen Prince and other the King and Queens children ALmighty God which hast promised to be a father of thine elect and of their seed we humbly beseech thee to blesse our gracious Queene Anne Prince Charles and all the Kings Queens royal progeny indue them with thy holy spirit inrich them with thy heauenly grace prosper them with all happines bring them to thine eutrlasting kingdome through Iesus Christ our Lord. A praier for
in vs that which is acceptable in thy sight Sanctifie vs throughout and keep our whole spirit soule and body faulâ—ies vnâ—o the comming of thy deare sonne our Lord Iesus Christ â—hou art faithful O father who hast promised this who also shalt bring it to passe to thee therefore be giuen euerlasting praise honour and glory Amen A thanksgiuing after meales LEt al nations magnifie the Lord let all people reioice in praising and extolling his great mercies For his fatherly kindnesse is plentifuly shewed foorth vpon vs and the truth of his promise endureth for euer We render thanks vnto thee O Lord God for thy manifold benefits which we continually receiue at thy bountifull hand not only for that it hath pleased thee to feed vs in this present life giuing vnto vs al things necessary for the same but specially because thou hast of thy free mercy fashioned vs anew vnto an assured hope of a farr better life the which thou hast declared vnto vs by thy holy Gospell Therefore we humbly beseech thee Oh heauenly father that thou wilt not suffer our affections to be so entangled rooted in these earthly corruptible things but that we may alwaies haue our minds directed to thee on hic continually watching for the comming of our Lord Iesus Christ what time he shal appear for our full redemption To whom with thee and the holy Ghost be all honor and glory for euer and euer So be it Another thanksgiuing after meales GLory praise and honor be vnto thee most mercifull and omnipotent father who hast fed and daily dost feed of thy most bountiful goodnes all liuing creatures we beseech thee that as thou hast nourished these our mortall bodies with corporall food so thou wouldest replenish our soules with the perfect knowledge of thy liuely word of thy beloued sonne Iesus Christ to whom with thee the holy Ghost be praise glory and honour for euer So be it Another MOst bountifull and gracious God which feedest all flesh and hast promised that asking of thee we shal not lacke if we first seeke thy kingdom and the righteousnes therof we feeling presently the benefit of this thy gracious promise in feeding our bodies with this corporall food do render vnto thee most harty thaÌ„ks for the same beseeching thee likewis to feed our soules with that heauenly food which perisheth not but abideth vnto euerlasting life so that we being nourished by the goodnes both in body and soule may be apt ready to do al good works which thou hast prepared for vs to walke in through Iesus Christ our Lord. Vnto him that loued vs and washed vs from our sinnes in his bloud and made vs kings and Priestes vnto God his Father be all glory power and dominion for euermore Amen Another THe God of glory who hath created redeemed and presently feed vs be blessed for euermore Amen The God of all power who hath called from death the great Pastor of the sheepe our Lord Iesus comfort and defend the flocke which hee hath redeemed by the bloud of the eternall Testament increase the number of true Preachers represse the rage of obstinate tyrants lighten the harts of the ignorant relieue the paines of such as be afflicted but specially of those that suffer for the testimony of thy truth and finally confound Satan by the power of our Lord Iesus Christ So be it Prayers commonly called Lidleys praiers with certaine godly additions Before thou prayest forgiue if thou hast any thing against any man come not to GOD with a double heart but lift vp pure hands without wrath or doubting 1. Tim. 2. ALmighty and most mercifull Father I thy poor creature and worke of thy hands acknowledge and confesse vnto thee my manifolde sinnes and offences which I from my youth vp vnto this day haue committed against thee in thought word and deed beseeching thee for Iesus Christ thy dear soâ—s sake to haue mercy vpon me and to pardon the same according to thy graet mercy which hast promised that at what time souer a sinner doth repent him of his sinne from the bottome of his heart thou wilt put his wickednes out of thy remembrance O Lord I confesse that I was borne in sinne and conceiued in wickednes and am by nature a child of wrath For in my flesh dwelleth no good thing and of my selfe I am not able to think a good thought much lesse to doe that thou in thy law requirest of me saying Cursed is he that continueth not in al things that are written in the law to doe them Againe thy law is spirituall but I am carnall fold vnder sinne Therefore O Lord I come vnto thee for grace which hast said Aske only shall haue seeke ye shal find knock it shal be opened vnto you to preuent and draw my will vnto all goodnes for none can come vnto thee except he be drawn except w be borne from aboue we cannot see the kingdome of God Therefore O Lord renue in mee a right spirit that I may receiue strength and ablenesse to doe thy righteoâ—â— wilâ— Grant that I may euer desire and will that which is most pleasing acceptable to thy will Thy will be my will and my will be alwaies to follow thy will Let there be euer in me one will one desire with thee and let me neuer desire to will or not to will but as thou wilt Grant me that aboue all things I may rest in thee and fully quiet and pacifie my hart in thee for thou Lord art the true peace of the hart the perfect rest of the soule Thou knowest Lord what is most profitable and expedient for mee wherefore do with mee in al things as it shall seem best vnto thee For it may not be but well that thou dost which dost most iustly and blessedly dispose all things after thy most godly wisedome Therefore whither it be by prosperity or aduersity losse or gaine sicknes or health life or death thy will be done Cast out of my heart all vnprofitable cares of worldly things and suffer me not to be led with the vnstable desires of earthly vanities but giue me grace that all worldly and carnall affections may be mortified and dy in me Grant vnto me the strength of thy holy spirit to subdue this body of sinne with the whole lusts thereof that it may be obedient both in will mind and members to do thy holy will Assist me with thy grace O Lord that I may be strengthned in the inward man and be armed with thy holy armour which is the breast-plate of righteousnesse the shield of faith the hope of saluation for an helmet and the sword of thy spirit which is thy holy word that I may stand perfect in all that is thy will and be found worthy through Christ to receiue the crowne of life which thou hast promised to all them that loue thee Giue me grace that I may esteem all things in